The Glauber theory of multiple scattering is extended so as to include the contributions of $N^{*}$ production and is applied to the elastic scattering of a nucleon from various nuclei for incident momenta in the range from 1.7 to 30 GeV/c. The momentum dependence of the nucleon-nucleus total cross sections is discussed. The influences of the inclusion of $N^{*}$ effects on the structure of the second maximum in the differential cross section is also investigated.

• Received 3 May 1972

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.6.1608